The draw for the Champions League Round of 16 was conducted Monday and here are the ties. As far as the tournament goes, this is where it starts for me. There’s way too big of a competitive gap in the group stage for me to sit down and watch a game. And although this draw is straight forward, there are some matches I will be paying attention to.
Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal is the matchup of the round. Once again, Arsenal gets a difficult draw early in the knockout round. Will the Gunners finally be able to defeat a European giant to make a run at Champions League? Tough love for them once again. Daniel Subašić and Monaco have a huge task taking on Manchester City. The Ligue 1 club has to play perfect football if they expect to get past Man City.
Everything else should go chalk. Expect Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla all to be in the quarterfinals. Yes, four Spanish clubs in the final eight. You heard it here first.
Here’s a question…..if Croatians are so good at soccer please tell me why they haven’t won anything??? Sounds to me you cabbage heads are riding on coat tails of big superstar teams like real and Juve. Where’s Dinamo??? Isn’t that Croatians leagues best. Ohhhh I see, because kovacic and Modric are on real, that’s why they are winning…ohhh I get it now. But when Croatia has to perform on the big stage they hide under mummy’s dress and get out coached and out classed!!!! Ohhh that euro was the best seeing Perisic cry like the idiot he is especially with that stupid thing on his head!!!!
Hey Idemo, ‘a Croatian flag was spotted at a basketball game’ OMG did that give you a boner????
Correct me if I’m wrong but he played for Germany in the Olympics…..no switching
i would love to see toljan play for the repka if he wants to play… based on the head influence from his mother and spending time there, you would think it would be a possibility . not to mention, sharing a locker room with kramaric who must whisper to him all the time we have no left back! the spot is yours if you want! but since nothing has come of it, one has to guess he has his focus on germany, or is already ineligible
Do you think the Russian oligarchs are teaming up with the US oligarchs? They all want to cut out the middle man or woman) and just run everything directly by Billionaire CEO.
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Didn’t Toljan go to the olympics with Germany?
Watched Jeremy Toljan play for Hoffenheim last Saturday – very quick.
Any word on if Croatia is still talking with him? He has already rejected playing for USA.
Speaks fluid Croatian and spends every summer on our coast. He has an Afro-American father who died before he was born, a Croatian mother, and was born in Stuttgart, which has a large Croat population.
@maminjo aaahahahah, I almost put it
@Soul Champ- Can I get a witness!
@Idemo-Strinic played so poorly in Portugal game that you purposely just mentioned Rog? 🙂
Napoli is a fun team to watch, but Real Madrid is best team atm.
Pulisik is American. Bayern Munich however have fabian benko who may chose to represent us….
@Idemo
Actually, it’s 8 teams.
You forgot Pulisic from Borussia Dortmund. 😉
@ BZ
All day with the hex if you sit or shit on a Nogomentas .
That’s why Real Modric has besome my surrogate repka this season. The way things are working out for Mateo has taken my indearment to los blancos to a deeper level.
Plus when the Mateo/Modric midfield is in effect Madrid play the best football in Europe. Without them in the line up they are pedestrian.
It takes one to know one.
Zidane’s vision can see how our boys bring a new level of intelligence to proceedings.
Plus Zidane is the only manager that can really coach Ronaldo in his transition from explosive winger to a classic #9. If Ronaldo can embrace the role he will continue to score goals and extend his career.
With Luka and Mateo you have more tactical flexibility to allow for such adjustments.
Ronaldo’s ego will never allow him to admit that his play upfront is dependent on the support of the Modric/Mateo midfield … but … Zidane KNOWS this to be the case!
Can’t we just rename the Champions League to the Croatian League. So many games for us to watch.
Does anyone else watch these club teams & hope they lose when they sit our guys? I do. Makes it fun.
Croatian flag spotted at warriors Pelicans game
7 teams Danny
Monaco subasic
Madrid
Napoli Rog
Juve
Bayer jedvaj
Atletico šime
Barca
If my calculations are correct
6 teams have least one Croat
Decent odds I say another one could lift it this year
Nah, they missed it by THIS much. *My arms are open wide*
Dinamo didn’t make it?
We’ve had a Hrvat lift the cup every year since 2013….I really would like to keep that streak going ya know!
4 spanish teams in the last eight
that would be seriously impressive but couldn’t see them getting through the spanish clubs..
though i ain’t no big fan for italy i wouldn’t mind see juventus doing something and mandzukic being pivotal.
will be a fun tourney
ok.
” Leicester is going to win this tourney “